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Alberto-Culver's Tresemmé hair-care brand, which was integrated into "Project Runway" when the show was on Bravo, will stick with the NBC Universal network and its new like-minded entry, "The Fashion Show." Rather than move to Lifetime along with "Project Runway," Tresemmé will get a bigger marketing bump on "The Fashion Show."

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Lifetime has ordered six seasons of its "Project Runway" franchise. The renewals include three seasons of the title show, two seasons of "Project Runway All Stars" and one season of "Project Runway: Junior." The network also announced a new fashion-focused reality show: "Fashion Inc."

Lifetime on Aug. 20 will kick off its presentation of "Project Runway" with a two-hour special titled "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge," which will feature some of the contestants who appeared on the show when it was on Bravo. The reunion special, which will be telecast at 8 p.m., will be followed at 10 p.m. by the sixth-season premiere of the show and at 11 p.m. by "Models of the Runway," a "Project Runway" spinoff.

The legal battle over whether Bravo or Lifetime gets to televise "Project Runway" likely will keep new episodes of the hit fashion-competition show off the air for months, according to this article. "Runway" had 4 million viewers per episode in its last season and was set to jump to Lifetime until NBC Universal sued The Weinstein Company for selling the rights for a reported $200 million.

The legal dispute between cable nets Bravo and Lifetime over "Project Runway" could set up some interesting programming challenges for Lifetime if the show does not join its slate next January as expected, according to this analysis. If a judge cannot resolve the matter in time, the show, which ends its fifth season on Bravo on Wednesday, may not be able to go to Lifetime until summer 2009.

A New York State Supreme Court judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the move of "Project Runway" from NBCU'sBravo to Lifetime. NBC claims its contract was violated and is due relief because the Weinstein Co., which owns the show, penned the deal with Lifetime without giving NBC a last chance to match the terms. The court decision puts into question Lifetime's plans to begin broadcasting "Project Runway" in January and to market it in the interim.